Safety-razor.



BEST AVAILABLE COPY WI TNESSES C. R. LAWRENCE.

SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION ILBD M11125, 190B.

Patented Aug. 31,1909.

1/ [I INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT oF IoE.

CHESTER B. LAWRENCE, F BmU'H-Y, JLLSSAGHUSEIITSW SAFETY-RAZOR Speeificafion of Letters Patent.

Application flied August 25, 1908. Serial No. 450,22

To allEwhom 'ii may-concern:

Be it known that I, Cnns'ren- R. LAWRENCE, :i-citizen of the United States. residing at Roxbury, in the county of Sutlolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, ofwhich the following is a specification,

i reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. 1

My invention relates to improvements in safety-razors, in which the blade holder and the handle are so constructed thatthe blade may be moved lziterallyu-nd may also be adjusted to any desired an le with the handle.

The principal object o the inventionds to. provide a safety-razor of improved construction, adapted toproduce improved results in practical use by providing a blade holder which may be quickly removedfor cleaning f and easily adjusted to any desired lateral position with respect to the handle so that the blade will have a slantwise oroblique cuttin motion, and also the angle of the blade older may, be varied as desired, but is preferably placed parallel with the handle, thus permitting the edge of the bla dc to engage the hair at a right-angle therewith..

Another ob'ect is to provide a blade with the corne s o the cuttmgedge rounded, as a means of protection in shaving especially when-the blade holder is placedin an oblique or slantwise position.

A further object is to provide a handle with a. hooked end for use in aiding the sis -. particular form of blade holder, but I. do

fingers inguiding the blade holder and for hanging up the razor when it is not in use.

I am aware that various types of safetyrazors have been invented employing various means for holding the blade, also various forms of handles, and. I do not claim any claim the novel means of adjusting blades in oblique positions in relation to the handle, also the improved handle, finger-controller and thumb-steadierand the related parts specifically shown and described herein,

which are applicable to nearly all safetyrazors.

The invention consists in the combination of elements and in certain parts of novel construction entailed in the combinationof said elements to obtain the desired result.

A full understanding of may invention can best be given'by a detailed escriptiou of a preferred construction embodying the variscription will now be given in connection Ratentod Aug. 31. 1909.

,ous features of my invention, andsuch a dewith the accompanying drawings andl'atlain my object by the mechanism there illusv tratcd, showing such preferred construction, and the featurcsformmgthe invention will then be specifically pointed out in the elaimsfl In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 :is a front elevation of my improved safety- ,razor, showing a blade in position, and in outline the position of the blade holder placed in an oblique posit-ion .tolhe handle. Rig. 2 is a side elevation showing the blade Elrolder placed in a position parallel'witlr-the ,handle and in outline a variation in the angle of 'the blade holder. Fig. 3 is .a plan :view of-the safctyrazor. Fig. 4 is a plan :view of the razor blade.

.they may be changed or varied'atwill without departing from the spirit of'my nvention andthe same yet remain intact, andbe protected.

Corrcspondingand-like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated Latitudeis allowed herein as to details, as.

in all the views ofthc. drawings by the same reference characters I r In the drawings the blade holder l which may be of any desired formis provided with any suitable guard '2 and any suitable means for holding the blade. Attached in any desirable manner to the blade holder isa c01 lar 3 which has a clamping-screw 4. The

collar is laterally movable and revolubly mounted on a stud 5, used'in shaving to enable the fin 1', and the co lar may be fastened in any desired position on the stud 5 by the clampingscrew '4, thus allowing lateral movement to the blade holder, so that it may be placed at any slantwise 'or. oblique position with re spe'ct to the handle, as illustrated in outline in Fi 1, and'muy also be, placed at any de-- sired -ateral'position with respect to the bandle, (see Fi 2).

The ban le 6 is provided with parallel upward extending ears 8, between which is revolubly mounted on the stem of the clamping-screw 7 the end of'the stud 5 opposite to the blade holder. This method of attaching the stud 5 to the handle 6 permits the blade'liolder to be placed at any desired angle or position, as illustrated in outline in Fig. 2. and fastened by the clampingscrew 7. The lower end of the handle 6 is rs to guide the blade holder formed in a hook or eronlt 9 whit-h serve to aid the tingers in guiding the movement of the blade while shaving, and may also be used for hanging up the razor when it is not without limitati n to the use, in eonu etion in use or when lathering the fare in shaving. f

lhe handle (i may be made in any suitable form. but is shown in the drawings as a round handle. \\'lll('ll may he made either of tubing or solid metal. and the lower end 2) may be a separate piece attat-hed to the handle.-

lt is obvious that the blade holder may be instantly removed from th handle by slipping the. eollar 3 oli' of the stud .7 as may be desirable when putting the safety-razor in a box or carton. I do not limit myself to the particular method herein shown of attaehin' the handle to the blade holder to seeure oalique positions of the blade with relation to the handle as the handle may be pivoted ventrally or otherwise to the back of the holder.

In operation the blade 10 is placed in the blade holder 1 as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the stud 5 may then be adjusted and t'as 'ened by the clamping-screw 8, so as to give the blade holder amt blade the angle desired. The blade holder may then be moved either toward or from the handle on the stud 5 to the position desired and turned to the desired sla-ntwise er oblique position and then secured by the thumb or elampingserew 4. j

The position preferred of theseveral parts is shown in Fig. 2 with the plane of the blade parallel with the handle, in whieh position the blade lies flat against the face and the edge of the blade cuts the hair at: right angles, thereby cutting the hair more easily and quiekly than can be done with safety-razors in which the blade is placed at an a=:ute angle with the face. In holding the ray'or the e'rook t) and the stud 5 serve to aid the lingers in guiding the movement of the handle and in preventing the hand from slipping on the handle when in use.

it i to be understood that my invention 1 is not limited to the speritie tlt'ltlllr: of eonstruetton shown In the aeoompairvtng drawings. but that said detalls may be varied In the prartieal carrying out of my invention. lt Is also to be understood that the eomluna- Z lions spet-llically set forth in the several' elainu; are intended to be separately elaimetl therewith of other featuresand details ol eoustrut-tion illustrated.

Having thus described myinventi-ux, I elaim as ue and de-iire to seeure by Letters latent I 1. In a safetyaazor, a hhule-holder, a J-shaped handle. a stud eouneetingthebladeholder and handle. the said J-saaped handle being pivoted at its upper end to said stud, and a elamping serew adapted to elamp said stud in the handle.

:3. In a safety-raztu', a blade-lmlder, a. J-shaped handle. a stud eounerting the bladeholder and handle. the said J-shaped handle being pivoted at its upper end to the said stud, a elamping-serew adapted to elamp said stud in the handle, and a collar provided with a t-lamping-serew. altaehed to said blade-holder and mounted on said stud.

In a saferv-razur a blade holder, a handle, means between the handle and holder for adju ting the distauee oi" the handle from the holder.

4. in a safety-razor a blade holder, means for adjusting and l'a tening the blade holder laterally and means for varying the angle of the blade holder.

5. In a safety-razor a blade holder, a handle. means for adju ting and seeuring the blade holder latetally and in relation to the'handle and meam for var vin the angle ofthe blade lmltlt'l.

3. In a sal'ety-razm'. a stud. a handle attaelaed to said stud. and a blade-holder provided with a collar revolubl v mounted on the stud and adapted to be moved lengthwise of the stud as desired.

7. in a sal'et \'-raz-u'. a stud, a handle pivoted on the stud. a elamping-serew in said handle adapted to engage and lamp said stud in the handle. a blade and a bladeholder provided with a eollar m unted on the stud. having a elalnping screw. the eol-. lar being adapted to be moved lengthwise ol' the stud and revolubly and removably mounted on said stud.

ln testimony whereof l alhx my signature in present-e of two witnesses.

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